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From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: mdoc help?
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Rrrg.  Manpages. 8(  I'm trying to write some mdoc that will produce output
looking like :

            txpulse tdelay dpgap [blen nbaud deex trse pwcal]
                   Configures transmitter pulse control signals from the
                   Transmitter Control module.
...

I'm using code that looks like :

.Bl -tag -width 5n
...
.It Ic txpulse Ar tdelay dpgap Op Ar blen nbaud deex trse pwcal
Configures transmitter pulse control signals from the Transmitter Control 
module.

Unfortunately, that's too many arguments for the .Ic macro 8( If I try
to split it over several lines, I get the sections on following lines
seperated from the list tag, and they get associated with the
paragraph instead.

Any *roff wizards have any ideas on this one?  It's bugging me something
fierce 8(

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